IC 3683
IC 3683
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
917 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 917 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3683 as it looked roughly 917 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 3689Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 3789Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy51 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3789Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy51 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral52 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).